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Cleome viscosa - Tilaparni
Tilaparni is an erect, branched, annual plant with sticky leaves. It can grow 40 - 150cm tall. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The plant is occasionally cultivated in India, where it is gaining in popularity as a low-cost substitute for cumin. Its cultivation is promoted for degraded or marginal agricultural land where it can be cultivated with less difficulty than traditional crops.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 Cultivation Details
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Ringworm, Flatulence, Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Wounds, Inflammation[1]
Food
Tilaparni can be used in Food. Whole plant is cooked as vegetable. The pungent seeds are occasionally used as condiment in curries or in preparation of chutney[2].
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Common names
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Kannada | Antu saasive gida, Haladimaamballi, Kaadusassive, Naayi saasive, Nayibela |
Hindi | Bagro, Hulhul, Hurhur, Jakhya |
Malayalam | Aria-veela, Ariavila, Atunarivela, Katkudagu, Naivela |
Tamil | Kaattu kadugu, Naai vealai elai, Nayikkadugu, Nayivelai, Peruvelai, |
Telugu | Kukha-avalu, Kukhavavulu, Kukhavominta |
Marathi | NA |
Gujarathi | NA |
Punjabi | NA |
Kashmiri | NA |
Sanskrit | Adityabhakta, Arikahita, Arkabhakta, Arkakanta, Brahmasuvarchala, Hulahula, Tilaparni |
English |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Nutritional components
Cleome viscosa Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc[2].
Habit
Identification
Leaf
Kind | Shape | Feature |
---|---|---|
Palmately compound | Alternate | Petioles – of lower leaves 2.5 – 5cm long, Upper leaves 0.4 – 3.8cm Leaflets – sub sessile, elliptic – oblong or obovate. |
Flower
Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bisexual | Axillary lax raceme | Yellow | 12 - 18 | Flowers 1-1.5 cm across; pedicels to 1 cm long, elongate during fruiting. Sepals 4, 4-8 x 2-3 mm, lanceolate, apex acute, glandular hairy without. |
Fruit
Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A capsule | 5-6.5 x 0.3-0.5 cm | Linear-oblong, terete, striate, densely glandular hairy | seeds many, 1-1.5 mm across, reniform, transversely ridged, reddish-brown. | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
Cultivation Details
Must be sown in sandy, well draining soil and only lightly covered. Requires bright and warm conditions to thrive[5]. Tilaparni is available through October to December[2].
Commonly seen growing in areas
Tropical area, Sub tropical area
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ Uses
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.56, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
- ↑ Vernacular names
- ↑ Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 130
- ↑ Cultivation details
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Ringworm
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Flatulence
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dyspepsia
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Bronchitis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Wounds
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Inflammation
- Herbs with Whole plant used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Habit - Herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Tropical area
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Sub tropical area
- Herbs
- Herb
- Cleomaceae